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• [_ARG0 Strong demand for New York City 's $ 813 million *U* general obligation bonds] [_rel propped] up [_ARG1 the municipal market] .
• [_ARG0 Buying by the Soviets] has helped *-1 to [_rel prop] up [_ARG1 corn prices] in recent weeks , but a lack of any new purchases kept prices in the doldrums .
• *-4 Carried *-2 even further , some investors assumed that since leveraged buy-outs are [_ARG0 the only thing] [_rel propping] up [_ARG1 stock prices] , the market would collapse if no more LBOs could be done *-1 .
• Although the Bank of England 's tight monetary policy has fueled worries that Britain 's slowing economy is headed *-1 for a recession , it is widely believed that [_ARG0 Mr. Lawson 's] willingness * to [_rel prop] up [_ARG1 the pound] with [_ARG2-with interest-rate increases] helped *-2 stem pound selling in recent weeks .
• [_ARG0 It] should seek only *-1 to maintain the functioning of markets -- not *-1 to [_rel prop] up [_ARG1 the Dow Jones or New York Stock Exchange averages] [_ARGM-LOC at a particular level] .
• [_ARGM-ADV While a decline in orders for cars and civilian airplanes pulled down the orders total] , [_ARG0 an enormous jump in orders for heavy military equipment] [_rel propped] [_ARG1 it] up .
• But analysts said 0 [_ARG0 the combination of a second consecutive decline in monthly durable-goods orders and lackluster mid-October auto sales] helped *-1 [_rel prop] up [_ARG1 the Treasury market] .
• Mainly , though , it was [_ARG0 a favorable outlook] for yesterday 's new supply that *T*-1 [_rel propped] up [_ARG1 municipals] , some traders said 0 *T*-2 .
• In five years , [_ARG0 Petronas , which *T*-1 became the dominant shareholder in a 1984 rescue exercise ,] has spent about M$ 3.5 billion *U* *-2 to [_rel prop] up [_ARG1 the troubled bank] .
• In * keeping with [_ARG0 America 's] long history of * [_rel propping] up [_ARG1 Mr. Noriega] , recent U.S. actions have extended rather than shortened his survival .